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Originally Posted by george kujanski
Blue...torque is king for a street car. An engine produces torque. HP is an equation......... HP = (torque x RPM)/5252
George
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an engine produces rpm, too. and the more rpms it produces a given amount of torque at, the faster the engine does work. and moving a car is work.
there is no getting around the fact that power equals work over time. if you reduce power, it takes longer to do the same amount of work.
do you think you would you go faster with an engine that peaks at 1000 ft lbs of torque at 1000 rpm, or one that peaks at 500 ft lbs of torque at 6000 rpm? the first has a higher torque figure, but the second makes three times more power and will accelerate any pontiac in existence much more quickly.